X-COM: Interceptor

X-COM: Interceptor is the odd one in the classic X-COM family, because it focuses less on base management and more on air combat, interception, and the logistics of keeping alien threats under control in space. By our assessment, its strongest idea is the shift in scale: it turns the familiar X-COM pressure into something closer to a strategic flight-control game. That also means it is less famous for tactical squad play than the mainline entries, and some fans of the series want the ground battles more than the cockpit work. In practice it asks for monitoring maps, reacting to incursions, and handling systems rather than solving one clean skirmish at a time. Compared with the better-known X-COM games, it is more niche and more about management between encounters. X-COM: Interceptor is the one to pick when the space-layer of the old formula is the point, not the extra to-do list.